> -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Grivolla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OT] boot CD from grub? > > > Hi, > > this isn't exactly Debian related, but I didn't find a good place to > ask, sorry. > > I have a system that won't boot from (SCSI-)cdrom when any IDE > harddrives are configured in the BIOS (yes, this is very definitely a > bug). This is somewhat annoying and I am looking for a workaround. > > As I do have a floppy disk drive I was thinking of booting Grub from a > floppy disk and then chainloading on from the CD. Unfortunately, this > does not seem to be supported by Grub. Has anybody found a way to > make this work, or is there some other way to force booting from CD, > bypassing the BIOS? > > Thanks for any hints or pointers... > > Ciao, > Jens > > Jens,
This is not a bug, per se. The IDE bus will ALWAYS boot before SCSI in a PC, there is no way around that. Unfortunately, probably your "easiest" option would be to add or replace the SCSI CD-ROM with and IDE. Barry deFreese NTS Technology Services Manager Nike Team Sports (949)-616-4005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster." Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
